Bottom of Page 6: “Chaplin, Hurt, Is In Hospital”
Charles Chaplin is in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital with ankle cuts which, police said, he received when he kicked in a glass door of his home last night after he had misplaced his keys. Dr. N.E. Gourson (?) reported that some ankle muscles were cut and that the film comedian might be in the hospital for three days and could not use his left foot for two weeks. A recess in the paternity suit by Joan Barry against Mr. Chaplin ends Tuesday.
1. Does the Times give its writers prizes for writing stories with the fewest punctuation marks? “Two paragraphs - and you get three periods, one comma, and one semicolon!”
2. Why were the police involved, and did they “act stupidly”?
War-time rationing. It was written at the end of December and they'd already used up all their PMRCs* for the month.
*Punctuation Mark Ration Card
He probably was kicking out a window to escape when some underage girl’s father came home. :’)